Word: sanctum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the editors entirely renounced their pleasant vices. The paper's office moved around a good bit in those days and wherever it went there was a sanctum, the center of exuberant conviviality. Franklin D. Roosevelt recalled years later the occasion of the transfer of quarters to the Union in 1891: "There was much fear that the new quarters would take away the esprit de corps which had grown up in the old sanctum, and also that no punch night could be held in the Union. Both fears have proved to be groundless...
...been prevented from inviting to lunch George Weaver, who is 1) young Lodge's successor as Assistant Secretary of Labor, and 2) a Negro. But last week, though notably reluctant to discuss the episode, the Metropolitan Club had admitted Lodge and Guest Weaver to its once segregated sanctum...
...recent weeks Allied Stores Corp., F. W. Woolworth Co. and S. S. Kresge Co. have all announced plans to set up their own discount operations. Last week the nation's largest discount house countered with the news that it was about to move into the inner sanctum of retailing society. As the newest addition to its chain of 14 stores in four states, E. J. Korvette Co. (TIME, March 10) will open an outlet in a Greek-columned building on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. The building's previous tenant (whose future Manhattan location is still undecided...
...typical freshman arrived and took refuge in a large and homely Union, where "Copey" held forth in an upstairs lounge, explaining that he taught in "the finest gentlemen's library in the world." But the freshman was reminded of the sick world beyond that sanctum when Leverett Saltonstall 'I4, then speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, told him: "We are in the midst of our difficulties. To solve our problems we need the ability, the courage of you gentlemen and others who are entering colleges...
...like rats, nor are they a sign of decay or poverty. CRIMSON mice happen to be the most elegant of their kind in the western hemisphere. Newspaper mice are an especially varied lot, and include editorial mice, reporting mice, photographic mice, and, of course, business mice. The CRIMSON'S Sanctum is an ideal place for mice...